Silesian Beskids
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| Silesian Beskids | |
| Beskid Śląski, Slezské Beskydy | |
| Range | |
 View of Skrzyczne from the watchtower on Barania Góra
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| Countries | Poland, Czech Republic |
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| Part of | Outer Western Carpathians |
| Highest point | Skrzyczne |
| - elevation | 1,257 m (4,124 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°41′0″N 19°3′0″E / 49.683333°N 19.05°E |
| Area | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski , Czech: Slezské Beskydy , German: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass.
The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park.
[edit] Mountains
- Skrzyczne (1,257 m) - the highest mountain
- Barania Góra (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia
- Czantoria Wielka (995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range
- Stożek Wielki (978 m)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Regional Tourist Service
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